Senior SQL Database Administrator

The Senior Database Administrator has hands-on responsibility for the daily operation of all SQL databases at the firm including environment support and management, monitoring and tuning, and working with enterprise database technologies. The position will also support and lead initiatives in database management, data architecture, and business intelligence. The ideal candidate will have experience within the financial industry and extensive experience/exposure assisting with front, middle, and back-office business application deployments, and not simply IT systems. Sr. DBA – must see the “ BIG PICTURE” – working with developers, database group, infrastructure group and the business to ensure policy, procedure, efficiency & stability across multiple business units.

Key Responsibilities / Duties:
• Subject matter expert of the end-to-end operational design and methodology behind the entire environment, and technical resource for operations, technology and management staff
• Expected to be hands-on in all database-related activities, including: daily maintenance; driving problem resolution; participate in technical calls; and contributing to technology solutions
• Ensure uptime and availability (replication, clustering, mirroring, etc.), and develop and manage data flows within the environment (archiving, business reporting, data warehouses, etc.)
• Promote data standards, system procedures and security policies, and best practices, e.g. Dev/UAT/Prod environments and QA & release control, and access/rights certifications
• Collaborate with business user groups and Development and System Administration teams to plan and communicate rollouts/releases/patches, optimize/streamline Development processes and decisions, and bridge knowledge gaps between database systems and business applications

Jason Destro

Over 20 years’ of recruiting experience with hands-on recruiting and placement of I.T. professionals (Full Time, Temp 2 Perm, & Contingent) in the NJ/NY/CT/PA marketplace for a wide variety of today's demanding IT skill sets. Focused on delivering exceptional service by understanding client’s objectives and goals.